Emily Shiner Books in Order

When Matt moves his wife Cara from bustling Chicago to a quiet Tennessee town, he swears a fresh start will fix the damage between them. But old habits follow, bodies begin to fall, and their marriage of secrets becomes a contest to see who will betray first, and survive.

Exhausted new mother Abigail hires a bright young nanny, Haley, so she can sleep, work, and finally feel in control again. But when Abigail starts blacking out and finding things moved or missing, she realizes the woman she trusted with her baby may be engineering her collapse.

A dedicated teacher is barely holding her home life and classroom together when one troubled student begins to set off alarm bells. As unsettling incidents escalate and the school dismisses her concerns, she risks her career and safety to uncover what is really happening to the child.

Susan heads to a remote lake house with her husband, hoping a visit with old friends will mend their strained marriage. Instead, buried grievances and long hidden affairs surface, and every guest seems to be lying. By the time the truth is out, someone will not leave alive.

Cara looks forward to a rare weekend alone while her husband takes their two young daughters camping. When only one girl comes home, trauma exposes cracks in their marriage, and the investigation reveals that the abduction is tangled up with Michael's buried secrets and a past Cara never knew existed.

Nathan wanted a perfect, talkative daughter, not Cassie, a mute ten year old violin prodigy who unnerves him. Convinced something is wrong with her, he secretly plots a drastic solution, unaware that others in the house are watching and that his pursuit of a flawless family could turn lethal.

After years in prison for a murder she did not commit, Millie plans to kill her identical twin, Eve, and assume her polished life. But once she steps into Eve's world, she discovers a violent man now controls everything, and escaping her sister's life may be even harder than prison.

After a brief encounter in a parking lot, a woman starts noticing the same car in her rearview mirror, the same username on every app, the same shadow outside her window. Her friends think she is paranoid, but the messages saying she's being followed prove someone is closing in.

When a struggling woman is given the chance to care for a newborn that is not biologically hers, it feels like the answer to every prayer. As she learns more about the baby's vanished mother, her new role pulls her into dangerous lies about loyalty, custody, and control.

In the chaos of a bitter divorce, Marianne's younger daughter disappears and suspicion falls on her teenage child, Mia, who never wanted an adopted sister. As police search and old incidents are reexamined, family secrets push mother and daughter toward a devastating truth.

Newlyweds Amy and Tim move into their dream country house, hoping for a fresh start, and hire a live in caretaker to tame the overgrown grounds. Paul seems ideal, but the odd incidents he orchestrates are part of a long planned revenge that turns their home into a trap.

Erin believes she is selflessly donating a kidney to a stranger, unaware her husband has hidden her own illness and made a secret deal with a corrupt surgeon. When another desperate mother enters the bargain, their tangled promises turn into a deadly fight for survival.

Years after a small child vanished, a couple trying to rebuild their lives take in a vulnerable girl who seems to know too much about that night. As strange coincidences mount, they must decide whether to protect her or face the possibility she is tied to their worst loss.

When a sudden accident upends their comfortable life, a devoted wife begins to notice unsettling gaps in her husband's history, from unexplained bank accounts to a woman who insists she knows him. The closer she gets to his secret, the more dangerous staying married becomes.

One woman will do anything to keep the son she raised, another insists she is the boy's biological mother and wants him back. As a legal battle spills into private threats and manipulation, both women cross lines that make you question who the better mother really is.

Years after a little boy vanished from a playground on her watch, a woman has rebuilt her life and forced herself not to look back. When she sees a teenager with the same scar and eyes, obsession returns, and digging for answers may destroy the fragile family he now calls his own.

A young family runs a boutique hotel perched on storm lashed Maine cliffs, selling guests the perfect escape. When the enigmatic Rowe family checks in, the wife seems to know owner Mark a little too well, and a blizzard traps everyone together while his terrified spouse tries to uncover what ties them to her husband.

Working long shifts at an upscale restaurant, a struggling waitress listens in on her wealthy customers' whispered secrets. After one of them turns up dead, she becomes the only person who can connect the dots, and the killer decides the easiest way to stay safe is to silence her.

Posing as a housekeeper, a woman moves into widower Evan Warner's home convinced he murdered his glamorous wife, Lola. While secretly searching for proof and bonding with his young daughter, she finds Lola's hidden diary and realizes the truth about this family is far darker than she imagined.

A woman finally escapes an abusive relationship and starts over under a new name, convinced she has hidden well enough. Then small, terrifying signs appear in her supposedly safe home, and she realizes someone knows exactly who she is and what she ran from.

Ready to marry into money, a young woman agrees to spend a weekend at her fiancé's secluded family home. His parents seem warm, but strict rules, locked rooms, and the mention of a previous girlfriend who left suddenly make her wonder what really happens in this house.

High in the misty Clear Creek Forest, two women are found dead beside their dying campfire, and the scene echoes the one killer Freya Sinclair never managed to catch. As she hikes into the mountains after a suspect who thrives on lies, Freya discovers this case is painfully personal.

Detective Freya Sinclair returns to her hometown of Fawn Lake, North Carolina, trying to outrun the fact that her parents were serial killers. On her first day, a girl's body is pulled from the river, another child goes missing, and Freya must win over a hostile town to stop a drowning killer.

Two very different families decide to share a nanny, hoping to cut costs and give their children instant playmates. As the caregiver slides deeper into each household, resentments and jealousies flare, and someone starts using the kids as pawns in a dangerous adult game.

When an old friend shows up on her doorstep with a suitcase and a sad story, a woman reluctantly lets her stay for a few nights. The guest quickly inserts herself into every corner of the household, and sending her away may be far more dangerous than letting her stay.

A tired new mom joins a small mothers' group that promises practical help, hot meals, and judgment free friendship. Their charismatic leader seems to know exactly what every woman in the circle needs, until one of them disappears and the advice turns into control.